PepsiCo Creative Jam: Unlocking the Power of Existing Martech for Faster, Smarter Content Delivery

for PepsiCo

01 Client Background

PepsiCo was on a mission to enhance its content supply chain and achieve personalisation at scale. With tools like Adobe Creative Cloud, Bynder (DAM), and Sprinklr already in place, the challenge was to orchestrate teams and workflows to unlock full value. The objective wasn’t to add new tools—it was to make the current ones work smarter, faster, and more collaboratively.

Client Background
Vision Content Transformation Diagram

02 The Challenge

PepsiCo needed a hands-on accelerator to streamline content operations, reduce time-to-market, and standardise production practices. Despite having a powerful martech stack, fragmentation and slow adoption cycles were slowing their progress.

The Challenge

03 Challenges and Objectives

Key Challenges:

> Siloed processes and underutilised tools (Adobe, Bynder, Sprinklr).

> Risk-averse mindset slowing technology adoption.

> No single source of truth for content creation.

> Poor visibility into performance, cost, and creative effectiveness.

Key Objectives:

> Reduce content production time from weeks to hours.

> Boost agility and collaboration across global teams.

> Unlock the full value of existing platforms (without upsell).

> Improve data-driven decision-making and ROI tracking.

Challenges and Objectives
Image of making content flow along the line and steps throughout the process

04 Strategy and Approach

Brightful worked side-by-side with PepsiCo’s directors and senior stakeholders to map out content workflows, identify gaps, and define a unified plan. Over four weeks, we built and delivered a two-day Creative Jam workshop to bring cross-functional teams together using real PepsiCo assets and tools.

Approach Highlights:

Stakeholder Alignment—Briefings and interviews ensured everyone—from directors to delivery teams—was working towards the same strategic goals.

Hands-On Demos—Real content was used to showcase dynamic capabilities across Adobe, Bynder, and Sprinklr.

Cross-Team Collaboration—Creative, brand, and tech leads collaborated in live sessions to develop scalable, realistic solutions.

Tactics That Drove Results:

Internal Advocates—Employees with first-hand platform experience led demos, building internal credibility.

No Tool Upsell—Focus stayed on optimising existing Martech investments.

Business-Driven Framework—Every idea was tied back to key business challenges and measurable objectives.

Actionable Planning—Teams left with a “next steps” plan—complete with owners and deadlines—to maintain post-workshop momentum.

What began as a tactical workshop created a strategic shift—showing teams how to make better use of the tools already at their fingertips.

Strategy and Approach

05 Results

The Creative Jam gave PepsiCo more than just process improvements—it aligned stakeholders, broke down silos, and instilled confidence in their content supply chain optimisation strategy. What began as a tactical workshop sparked a strategic shift, equipping teams with a proven, repeatable model to scale personalised content faster and more effectively across markets. PepsiCo walked away with measurable impact—and a clearer path to making the most of the tools already at their fingertips.

Results

06 Results

50%

Faster time-to-market

25%

 Reduction in manual tasks

 

15%

 Uplift in ROI

“This wasn’t just a workshop—it was a turning point. We saw what our tools could really do when the right people came together.”

07 Conclusion

In just four weeks, Brightful helped PepsiCo bring speed, alignment, and measurable gains to their content operations—without disrupting existing systems. The Creative Jam proved that sometimes, the fastest way to scale is to refocus on what you already have.

Key Deliverables

> Stakeholder discovery interviews.

> Two-day Creative Jam workshop.

> Platform demos with real PepsiCo assets.

> Action plan with owners and deadlines.

> Follow-up strategy to maintain momentum.

Want to unlock more value from your Martech stack? Contact the Brightful team about running a Creative Jam designed for your content challenges.

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